Alena Ventrallis
PAND3M0N1UM
Top Men.
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Posted - 2014.04.08 09:02:00 -
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Brick tanked scouts, as a CalScout who runs ewar, are annoying. More so than to others, because it is these people who will get my scout suit nerfed into obsolescence. So let's make different penalties for different suit sizes.
A heavy suit is made for tank, tank, and more tank. Even his biology, down to his two spines, and his suit, down to the extra large shield amps, is about making his survivability go through the roof. Therefore, a heavy should take a reduced penalty for stacking health. Perhaps have armor give a 1%/2%/3% speed decrease on armor, and a 2%/3%/5% penalty on stacking extenders. He is made to tank, so he shouldn't be penalized as heavily for doing so.
A light suit is about speed and stealth. His job is not to engage the enemy, but to scout out areas for his other squadmates to engage. He should be hard to find, yet easy to kill if found. This discourages reckless behavior. Less health means mistakes are far more costly. His biology, with two hearts, is about stamina, speed, and endurance. They are lacking on the physical strength to carry heavy armor plates, and their shield amps are much smaller to aid in reducing scan profile. Therefore, they should have an increased penalty for stacking health. Armor could have penalties of 4%/7%/10%, while shield extenders could have 6%/9%/12% penalty. This means a scout quickly becomes ineffective if he stacks lots of health, with long recharge delays and very slow speed. This encourages them to fit health sparingly, and to fit biotics and ewar mods instead.
Mediums, who bridge the gap, would have the same penalties as now.
I love my ewar CalScout. I can find most anyone on the map, I can hide from all but proto scanners, and even then they need several levels in GalLogi to pick me up. I can see everything out to 54m, and only the most dampened scout can escape my scans. I pay for this by being glass; I have only 350 hp. A good sneeze will see me dead, and as such I must choose my engagements wisely, and strike only where I am not expected. This is the playstyle a scout should have.
That's what you get!! - DA Rick
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